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42 Articles found on Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Etale’s Uiras jumps ship
10-04-2013
MANAGING Director Wilhencia Uiras of Etale Fishing Company, a firm which has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons has resigned, amid speculation that the company is heading for
readPoly to decide on forensic audit
10-04-2013
THE Governing Council of the Polytechnic of Namibia will decide on Friday whether to institute a forensic audit on the institution, as advised by the Ministry of Education.Council chairperson Niilo
readNew Mercs for ministers
10-04-2013
THE government has decided to buy its latest fleet of luxury ministerial sedan vehicles from local Mercedes Benz dealer M&Z Motors, putting to bed a two-year-long impasse but also attracting
readProperty cheaper, but not for long
10-04-2013
VOLUMES growth in the local market in general and the lower price segment in particular is driving down house prices in Namibia – for now. The FNB House Price Index for November shed 5,2 basis points,
readDebmarine launches world’s largest mining vessel
10-04-2013
LAST year Debmarine Namibia set a production record of 1.1 million carats and this year, it added spark to it’s workforce by launching the world’s largest marine diamond mining vessel the “MV Mafuta”.
readGet customers to advocate for you
10-04-2013
When deciding whether to give you their business, prospective customers trust one source of information above all others: their peers. To sell more, you need to get your current customers marketing
readWill Nigerian boom babies feed prosperity or entrench poverty?
10-04-2013
LAGOS – In the time it takes to read this article, Nigeria will have added 50 people to its population, or about 11 000 a day. While some see these new consumers feeding an engine of prosperity,
readStandard Chartered bulks up in SA
10-04-2013
JOHANNESBURG – Standard Chartered has opened two new branches in South Africa to target Cape Town and Durban-based companies looking to expand across the continent, its chief executive for Africa said
readWill Nigerian boom babies feed prosperity or entrench poverty?
10-04-2013
LAGOS – In the time it takes to read this article, Nigeria will have added 50 people to its population, or about 11 000 a day. While some see these new consumers feeding an engine of prosperity,
readNewly-oil rich Ghana struggles to please
10-04-2013
ACCRA – When Ghana struck oil in 2007, citizens expected the industry would bring them better lives and investors anticipated hefty profits from a rising African economic star. Six years later, all of
readThatcher divides opinion in death as in life
10-04-2013
LONDON – Britain will hold the funeral of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher on Wednesday April 17 with Queen Elizabeth II leading the mourners, officials said, as the country wrestled with
readIraq inspects second Iran aircraft
10-04-2013
BAGHDAD – Iraq yesterday grounded and inspected a second Iranian aircraft bound for Syria in as many days, but found only humanitarian materiel, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s spokesman said.The
readNigerian journalists detained after accusing President
10-04-2013
ABUJA – Nigerian police have detained a number of journalists a week after their newspaper reported that President Goodluck Jonathan had issued orders to frustrate a newly potent opposition by any
readBaby Berry on the way
10-04-2013
Halle Berry’s pregnancy was the “biggest surprise” of her life. Halle has now spoken about becoming a mother again, and described how she is coping so far. “I feel fantastic,” she said in an interview
readZimbabwe not ready for elections – Biti
10-04-2013
Johannesburg – Zimbabwe is on track for another flawed election this year unless it can refresh outdated voter lists, approve “an army” of outsider observers and find foreign donors willing to pay for
readKenya swears in president, West faces balancing act
10-04-2013
NAIROBI – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta took his oath of office yesterday, presenting Western states with a challenge of how to deal with a leader indicted by the International Criminal Court.After
readChasing the dots ... One day it had to happen!
10-04-2013
There was little me cogitating in the gently increasing warmth of the mid morning breeze, unthawing from the previous nights cold snap and wondering about the beautiful carpet of yellow flowers
readErkki Nghimtina noTransNamib
10-04-2013
OMUTUMBAWILIKI gwoTransNamib okwa kundanwa aguhe ku ni we osheetwapo shuuministeli wiilonga osha ziminwa. Shino oshe ya po konima yomapopyo ngono ga holokele po pehulilo lyomumvo gwa yi kutya ehangano
readMargaret Thatcher a mana oondjenda dhe mepipi lyomimvo 87
10-04-2013
NGONO e li pandjokonona oye ashike omukiintu a lela sigo opondondo yuuprimaminista moBritain Margaret Thatcher okwa kundanekwa e tu thigi po konima sho a kala ta kondjo nuuvu wombanda. Nakusa Thatcher
readKapia ota fumvikwa pOkaku okuziilila mongeleka yaNguta
10-04-2013
MEME Maria Kapia noluvalo otaya tseyitha mpaka kutya omuholike gwawo nakusa omundohotola Otto Mwandingi Kapia ngoka a manene oondjenda dhe moshipangelo shopaumwene shaNgwediva meti2 Apilili 2013
readSMSes for Wednesday 10 April 2013
10-04-2013
SMS Of The Day *SEBASTIAN Ndeitunga of Nampol I have few suggestions. 1) Put undercover agents on mini busses traveling from Windhoek to Oshakati. They are speeding and they inform each other as to
readNamibia host Holland in crucial tie
10-04-2013
NAMIBIA will host the Netherlands in an Intercontinental Cup match as well as two crucial World Cricket League Championship matches at the Wanderers field, starting tomorrow. A lot will be at stake
readNamibian para-swimmers make history
10-04-2013
NAMIBIAN swimmers made history at the South African National Championships for the Physically Disabled held in Pretoria recently. Caitlin Jane Botha became the first junior female Paralympic swimmer
readSchools Athletics Champs gets support
10-04-2013
MARATHON Sugar yesterday announced a N$45 000 sponsorship for the Namibia School Sport Union (NSSU) athletics championships which will be held in Windhoek on April 19 and 20.The money will be used for
readFifa World Cup qualifiers dates moved after Nigeria protest
10-04-2013
LAGOS – The world’s soccer governing body Fifa has moved the dates for the forthcoming African World Cup qualifiers to accommodate Nigeria’s participation at the Confederation Cup and ensure that no
readBasketball official attacks player
10-04-2013
KHOMAS Basketball Association (KBA) League Director Allan Nghixulifwa allegedly assaulted Polytechnic Blues player Penda Hashoongo on Sunday.Hashoongo told The Namibian Sport yesterday that
readNorthern Stream action to resume this weekend
10-04-2013
THE Northern Stream First Division’s second-leg will kick-off this weekend, says league administrator Bennett Munango. The re-start of the league programme was called off last weekend due to the
readMessi keeps PSG guessing, Juve plan revival
10-04-2013
LIONEL Messi has gone from being the first name on Barcelona’s team sheet to the last, as they await a late fitness test ahead of today’s Champions League quarter-final second leg at home to Paris St
readOne night of praise with Gospel singer Yvonne
10-04-2013
Yvonne Nsombo, currently studying Music and Psychology at the University of Namibia, grew up in Katutura and says her love for music started almost 17 years ago when she started singing in a church
readFrom The Twittersphere
10-04-2013
TUESDAY. Irreverent Tuesday! X-rated Tuesday. Fuel-increase Tuesday. Yes, it’s Tuesday! If in doubt, just Sellotape the remnants of yesterday together and it’ll still be Tuesday. Tweeps hit the
readDenials abound in Caprivi treason trial
10-04-2013
ALMOST a third of the 65 men still standing accused in the main Caprivi high treason trial have completed their testimony in their own defence.A stream of denials have been heard from the witness
readSwakop murder accused wants lawyer
10-04-2013
ONE of two men accused of the brutal rape and murder of a woman at Swakopmund in September 2005 told a judge in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday that he needs more time to get hold of money to pay
readGenocide offspring want shrine
10-04-2013
THE genocide committee of ‘Commando One’ OvaHerero people at the coast and surrounding areas want a ‘lineage stone’ erected at the Swakopmund cemetery’s OvaHerero/OvaMbanderu genocide memorial.Nearly
readPoultry industry receives government support
10-04-2013
THE interim form of protection issued to the Broiler Industry through the use of the Import Export Control Act should be sufficient to keep the Namibian poultry industry in business, while government
readPetrol price up, diesel unchanged
10-04-2013
AS from today, petrol costs ten cents per litre more, Mines and Energy Minister Isak Katali announced yesterday.Motorists using diesel, however, were spared as the diesel price remained unchanged. A
readNamPower gets green light to increase electricity levy
10-04-2013
THE Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced the imposition of a levy of 1.02 cents on electricity supplied by Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) effective from 01 July 2013.The ministry noted
readFree Your Mind on the Service Snafu
10-04-2013
When it comes to comedy, there’s no bigger joke than customer service in Namibia. As Free Your Mind continues to be the voice of ribaldry in a country rife with side-splitting snafus, this was
readWe don’t give a damn for other people’s wars – Koevoet veterans
10-04-2013
“We don’t give a damn what Zuma does with his soldiers, fighting other people’s wars in foreign countries.“We are here today honouring our own fallen comrades.” This was the terse comment from a
readFertility clinic welcomes first birth
10-04-2013
PROMINENT Namibian gynecologist, Dr Matti Kimberg, has announced the success of the first In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) pregnancy through the Namibia Fertility Clinic which culminated in the birth of
readA candle of Katutura is no more
10-04-2013
MANY called her the mother to the motherless or Katutura’s Mother Teresa. Others simply referred to her as ‘mummy’. That was the late Agnes Tom, the founder of Baby Haven in Windhoek’s Katutura
readNew management for Areva Namibia
10-04-2013
HILIFA Mbako has been appointed the new General Manager of Areva Resources Namibia and will now be responsible for the N$9 billion Trekkopje Project that was mothballed late last year due to the
readNotable Quotes
10-04-2013
I AM strong, nobody and nothing can put me down – not even discrimination, not my HIV status, and not even the fact that I am not educated. I’m standing tall knowing that I’m beautiful. – Helena
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